The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-03-02
A PROPHETIC DREAM.
Three thousand Dollars Saved To RAM
by a Dream OF the Paying Teller.

The following was taken from the lips
OF the paying-teller OF New York Bank.
by Representatives. OF the Sun newspaper :
You know am the paying teller In our
bank Well, about three years ago,
man who gave his name as Albertus, an
Italian, called at the bank late In the
afternoon, about ten minutes before we
closed the doors. He had check for
$4,000 made payable to John A. Jones,
one of our leading customers and stock
holders.
MIR. Alhertus was an eminently re-
spectacle looking man, and appeared to be
deeply annoyed when told him that
he would have to be identified and prove
his business connection with Mr.. Jones
before would give him the money. He
said he would return In the morning.
Il went home to dinner without think
ing again of the matter. That night Ihad
a dream. dreamt that went down
| early to the bank the next morning, con-
trary to my usual custom, and. happening
| TO think OF the check, looked into the
book where we keep theslgnatures Of our
| customers and examined very closely the
| signature Of Mr.. Jones. Then / noticed
| what had escaped my attention before
The signature In the book and that on
tho cheek were slightly different.
:. This made me suspicious. and as 1t
was then nearly an hour before the bank
| opened, sent the messenger up to Mr..
| Jones house on Lexington avenue to ask
him whet her he had drawn such check
or not. The boy learned there that Mr..
Jones was not in the city. Hs had gone
TO Boston day or so before. Then /
telegraphed him at his hotel In that city,
aad he wired rae back that the check was
forgery. 6
II must have dreamed this early In
the morning. for when woke up 1t was
SO clearly fixed IN my mind that could
not effaee 1t.
'.0f course had no faith In the dream,
but thought to make sure about the
matter would 20 down to the bank
early, and so did. Hooked immediate
~ into the signature book, and, sure
enough, there was the same difference In
the signatures that had noticed In my
dream.
II thought this was rather more than
q coincidence, and so sent our boy UP
to Mr.. Jones house. There was another
point OF resemblance between my dream
and the reality. He was In Boston.
The moment heard this made up
my mind that my dream was real pres
entiment, and I wired him at his hotel,
asking about the check.
81 In the mean time the bank had been
opened, and Mr.. Albertus. accompanied
by friend, came in. He was prepared
TO draw the money. You have no idea
how | wasted time waiting for my reply.
Mind you. / had no real reason for re-
fuaing TO pay the check. The identi1ca-
tion was satisfactory. The friend was
Dir. Jones cashier, and he said that there
was no doubt that the check was genuine,
aud that MIR. Albertus had had considera-
dealing With Mr.. Jones, Still hesi-
tated.
Then Mr.. Albertus began to get un-
easy, and got so nervous that could
hardly see straight. Just as got the
money out TO pay 1t over a telegraph boy
eamein with dispatch.
while openedit Mr.. Albertus who
seemed to suspect something, ran away.
leaving the cashier and myself together.
The message was from Mr.. Jones. He
said that the check was q forgery. The
cashier was fooled, too. II 1t hadn't
been for that would have lost one years
| salary. ),